Receptacle.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented April 16, 1907.

Application tiled December 5,1905. Serial No. 290.472.

To al?, whom t nfl/(ty concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SowERBY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Indiana, in the county of Indiana and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReceptacles, of which the following is a speciiication, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inreceptacles; and the invention relates more particularly to commodes andreceptacles for waste products.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a novel form ofreceptacle having an auxiliary outlet and a novel form ofsupporting-stand. To this end I have devised a receptacle adapted to beused as a commode and have devised novel means for detachably supportingthe commode upon a suitable stand, means for supporting the lid of thecommode in an open position, and means for confining any odors that mayarise from the contents of the commode Within the commode until it isemptied.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appearas the nature of the invention is better understood., the same consistsinthe novel construction, com bination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out inthe claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying thisapplication, like numerals of reference desigm nate corresponding artsthroughout the several views, in whic Figure 1 is a side elevation of acommode constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of' a commode, illustrating alid-supporting device used in connection with the same. Fig. 4 is a planof the same. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of an ordinary commodeprovided` with my improved lid-supporting device.

In describing the invention in detail I will consider my improvedreceptacle as being used as a commode, it being obvious that the samecan be readily and conveniently used for other purposes.

In practice I construct a receptacle 1, conforming to a bucket, thesides of the receptacle being provided with a pivoted bail or handle 2,whereby it .can be easily carried. The upper edge or main opening of thereceptacle is flanged, as at 3, and mounted upon the flanged edge of thereceptacle is a seat 4, said seat being provided with resilient curvedarms 5 5, which are adapted to engage the flanged edge 3 of thereceptacle and retain the seat thereon. In Fig. 1 of the drawings I haveillustrated the seat as provided with an ordinary lid or closure 6,While in Fig. 3 a lid or closure 7 is hinged upon the seat, as at 8, andin order to support the lid or closure in an open position, asillustrated bydotted lines in said figure, I employ a lid-supportingdevice 9, consisting of a piece of wire, which is bent to form a yoke10, while the ends of the wire are bent, as at 11f 11, to embrace theflanged edge 3 of the receptacle, as at 12. The yoke 10 is bent at anangle in order to support the lid or closure in an inclined positionwhen the commode is being used.

The commode near its seat is provided with an auxiliary outlet or spout14, having a hinged lid 15. The contents of the commode are adapted tobe emptied through the spout 14, and to facilitate this operation Iprovide the opposite side of the commode, near its lower edge, with ahandle 16, which can be gripped in conjunction with the bail 2 of thecommode when emptying the contents of the commode.

In connection with the commode I employ a suitable stand. or stool 17,which is provided with a plurality of angular clips 18, adapted toengage the flanged lower edge 19 of the commode and prevent said commodefrom tilting or becomin detached from the stand or stool 17 after it asbeen once placed in engagement therewith.

The seat 4 is adapted to fit snugly upon the commode, whereby when thelid 6 or 7 is closed, together with the lid 15 of the auXiliary outlet14, it will be impossible for any odors arising from the contents of thecommode to escape into the compartment in which it is used. By providingthe auxiliary outlet 14 I am enabled to empty the commode withoutremoving the seat 4 or the lids 6 or 7, and the stand or stool 17, whichI employ in connection with the commode, is adapted to elevate the same,whereby it can be conveniently used.

Such changes in the construction of my improved commode as arepermissible by the appended claim may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

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What I claim, and desire to secure by Letl ters Patent, is-

In a device of the class described, a vessel havingr a lateral flangearound its rim, a seat bearing upon said iange and extending beyond thesame, a cover hingedly connected to said seat, a resilient clipconnected to said seat at the side opposite to the hinge of said coverand yieldably engaging the adjacent portion of said flange, a clip ofresilient matel rial connected to said cover at the side adj acent tothe hinge thereof and adapted to yieldably engage said Harige, and asupport for said lid when in open position and con nected to said seatby the same means by 15 Which the last-mentioned clip is securedthereto.

' In testimony whereof I aIiX my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

WILLIAM soWERBY.

Witnesses:

JACOB VETTLiNG, J. L. PETERMAN.

